
Colored People
- Publisher
- Edward Ruscha
- Year
- 1972
- Specifications
- Glossy yellow wrappers
7 x 5 1/2 in (17.9 x 14 cm)
32 pages plus 16 blank leaves, 15 color plates
First edition of 4,065 copies
Cacti, succulents, palms, and banana trees are photographed in isolation against plain backdrops, framed and lit like formal studio portraits of people rather than specimens of vegetation. The title's play on words invites a reading of each plant as an individual character, its posture and silhouette standing in for personality where a human sitter would ordinarily be expected.